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 I'm sure you've heard the phrase,

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 you talk the talk, but do you walk the walk?

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 We use this phrase with people when we think they're making a very bold claim

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 about something they actually can't back up.

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 So if I said to you, I could do 500 push-ups without breaking, without a sweat,

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 would you believe me or would you think that I was all talk?

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 Now, I know I have the appearance that I could, the physique,

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 but let me tell you, it's all appearance.

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 It's not a true reflection.

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 If you told me to get down and do 500 push-ups, I would fail,

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 and you'd find out really, really quickly that I was just simply all talk.

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 We consider those who are all talk and no action

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 as people who don't have much integrity.

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 They don't have the words to back up.

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 We see this quite commonly in the way we say to each other,

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 we say to those people, we come in contact with our friends

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 that we see from time to time, we should catch up for a coffee soon.

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 You ever say to someone, I've said this to plenty of people.

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 We say to them, we should catch up for a coffee soon,

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 but it never seems to happen.

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 We never seem to make the effort of actually organizing the time

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 to catch up and have coffee with these people.

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 And we've come to the point now where the words leave our mouth,

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 and we know, we know we're not going to hang out with these people.

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 We know we're not going to actually catch up with them.

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 But we just say it just because it feels rude not to say it.

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 We say it because we think it's a nice thing to do.

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 We talk the talk, but do we walk the walk?

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 That is the question on John's mind here in this letter as he writes

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 to his brothers and sisters.

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 His question is whether or not we Christians are living out our lives,

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 our calling to love each other.

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 And perhaps he makes the accusation that while we might be good

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 at talking the talk, while we might be good at talking about love,

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 we're not really good at actually loving.

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 We're not really good in walking in the way of love.

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 As Christians, we love to talk about love.

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 We'll always talk about how much God loves you, how much God loves us.

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 We talk about it on Facebook, sharing the Bible verses of that.

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 Talk about God's love.

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 From the platform, you might always hear people saying

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 that God just loves you, he wants to wrap you up in his love,

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 he wants to make you warm and dizzy in his love.

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 He wants the best for you.

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 He loves you so much.

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 Christians are good at talking about love.

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 But do we walk in the way of love?

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 We're constantly saying that we are going to be Jesus' hands and feet,

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 that we want to do things and to show our love practically.

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 But how much does that actually eventuate?

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 John's fear is that although we might retain the word love,

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 we've forgotten altogether what is at the core of our faith,

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 to love practically.

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 Verse 11,

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 For this is the message you have heard from the beginning,

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 we should love one another.

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 His fear is that they have forgotten that the heart of the Christian life

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 is love, and love not simply done in speech,

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 but action, modelled by Christ,

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 which we see in verse 18.

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 I'm sorry, verse 15.

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 16 even.

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 Jesus Christ laid down his life for us,

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 that we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

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 And so he concludes next section,

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 verse 18.

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 Dear children,

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 let us not love with words or speech,

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 but with action,

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 and in truth.

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 I wonder if John would fear the same for us today,

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 if you looked at our church.

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 Would he see us as a church who talks to talk and walks the walk,

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 or just as a church that just talks about love,

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 and doesn't walk in the way of love?

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 Have we forgotten in the midst of all our Christian talk,

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 to actually walk in the way of love?

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 We're in a series called Love Thy Neighbor,

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 in which we want to spend time reflecting on our cause of church

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 to love each other,

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 and to love those in the world around us,

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 in real, practical ways.

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 Meeting the felt needs of people,

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 those around us.

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 The poor, the hungry, the marginalized,

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 the sick, the needy, the vulnerable.

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 Showing them the powerful and wonderful,

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 restorative power of the gospel.

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 How the kingdom of God has come in,

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 ushered in through Jesus,

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 and how through him,

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 we can enjoy healing and new life now in this life.

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 We saw last week,

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 we are called to the task of practical love,

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 in meeting the needs of those who are vulnerable.

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 This week, we're going to explore

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 the fundamental characteristic of our calling,

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 that enables us,

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 and fuels us,

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 for this task.

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 Love.

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 Using this passage here,

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 in John's letter to these brothers and sisters,

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 we're going to unpack the character of Christian love,

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 by looking at what the experience,

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 and the existence of Christian love reveals,

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 and what the essence of Christian love is.

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 So I'm going to be asking those two questions,

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 about Christian love this morning.

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 And perhaps we ought to reflect,

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 if John's fear,

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 ought to be our fear as well.

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 Whether we are walking in the way of love,

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 or just simply talking about it.

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 So firstly,

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 the existence,

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 and experience of Christian love,

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 reveals new life,

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 and is itself,

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 driven towards life.

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 John begins by stating the message,

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 you heard from the beginning,

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 to love one another.

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 And then he straight away contrasted,

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 the call to love each other,

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 with the example of Cain,

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 who murdered his brother,

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 back in Genesis.

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 Safe to say,

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 he didn't love his brother,

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 but hated him.

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 If you remember the story,

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 back in Genesis,

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 the two brothers brought gifts to God,

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 Abel's gift was accepted,

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 but Cain's gift was rejected by God.

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 And the cause of Cain's murder,

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 the reason why he murdered his brother Abel,

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 wasn't because Abel had outdone him,

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 in a sense,

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 it was because Cain was jealous,

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 of Abel,

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 and resented him.

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 His feelings and actions towards Abel,

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 were evil.

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 Jealousy,

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 resentment,

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 and bitterness,

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 all brewed into hatred,

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 and eventually led,

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 to him killing his brother,

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 in an act of revenge,

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 and hatred.

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 Now,

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 why the reminder of such a story as this?

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 Pretty brutal and awful story.

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 Verse 13,

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 Don't be surprised,

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 my brothers and sisters,

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 if the world hates you.

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 John is making a point

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 that the world is not a place

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 where love is found naturally.

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 We don't need to venture very far

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 to know this is all too true.

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 Since almost the beginning of time,

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 as John points out,

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 hatred has been the dominating characteristic

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 of our world.

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 And hate has an inclination,

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 or propensity,

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 towards death.

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 As we see in the story of Cain,

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 the story of Cain has been played out again,

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 and again,

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 and again in our world.

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 Jealousy,

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 and bitterness,

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 leads to hate,

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 and hate leads to murder.

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 Death.

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 And although it doesn't always end in murder,

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 we see deaths of different kinds in our world.

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 Deaths of relationship,

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 deaths of friendships,

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 marriages,

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 and family breakdowns.

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 All result from this pattern of life

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 we see exemplifying Cain,

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 of jealousy,

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 bitterness,

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 and hatred.

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 And so the result being

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 a total disregard for life,

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 life for each other,

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 and life in general.

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 Where we can end up saying

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 to different people in our life,

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 you are dead to me.

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 But,

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 verse 14,

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 we know

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 that we have passed from death to life

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 because we love each other.

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 The difference for the Christian

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 is that he no longer lives

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 according to the pattern

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 of Cain,

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 which is to be under the influence

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 of sin and death.

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 Instead,

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 Christians,

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 by the power of the gospel,

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 have been made alive again.

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 They have passed from death

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 to life.

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 And the foundational evidence

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 of this new life is what?

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 Love.

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 Love.

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 The profound difference

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 between the world

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 and the Christian

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 is one

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 that has an inclination

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 towards hate

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 and therefore death,

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 whilst the other

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 has an inclination

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 towards love

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 and therefore life.

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 Christian love

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 reveals

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 and is evidence

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 of

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 new life

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 given to us

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 by Christ.

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 Because love

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 is driven

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 as a propensity

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 for life.

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 To explain

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 what I mean,

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 think about those people

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 in your life,

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 your friends

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 or family,

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 co-workers,

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 who contribute

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 to your life

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 in such ways

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 that gives you joy

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 because of their love

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 for you.

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 They're the kinds

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 of people

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 who are always there

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 for you

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 when things aren't good

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 because they love you.

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 When you say

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 let's catch up

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 for coffee,

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 they will organise it

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 because they want

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 to be with you.

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 When we're down

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 an ounce,

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 miserable,

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 depressed and hurt,

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 it can be the words

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 of a friend

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 that revitalise

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 our soul.

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 When we are sick

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 and unwell,

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 it can be the service

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 of a friend

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 making us meals,

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 doing the dishes,

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 doing the groceries

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 that can make us

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 or make our bodies

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 feel strong again,

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 make our hearts glad.

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 It can be the phone call,

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 the visit,

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 the offer to help,

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 the active encouragement

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 in walking alongside us

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 in grief

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 that can regenerate us

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 and give us life

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 once more.

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 This is what I mean

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 when I say love

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 has a propensity

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 towards life.

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 Love allows

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 for the enabling,

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 the flourishing,

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 sustaining of life

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 in relationship

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 that human beings

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 so desperately want.

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 Indeed,

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 that's its purpose,

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 to give

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 and to allow

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 for life

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 to happen.

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 Hate,

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 as characterised

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 by Cain,

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 does the opposite

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 and has propensity

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 and an inclination

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 towards death.

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 Whether it's murder

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 or toxic relationships

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 where love

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 is talked about

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 but never acted upon,

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 the hatred we see

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 in our world

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 reveals that it's

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 under the influence

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 on reign

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 of sin

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 and death,

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 one which is

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 unescapable.

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 but the great hope

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 for our world

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 is that life

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 has broken in

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 and it overpowered

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 the reign

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 of death

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 that has been

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 since Cain.

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 And since,

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 as Christians,

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 we love each other,

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 we're able to love

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 those in our world

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 who need it.

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 For Cain's hatred

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 of Abel

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 led him

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 to take life

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 and that has been

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 the pattern

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 of the world

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 since.

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 God,

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 who is rich in love,

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 sent his one

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 and only Son

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 into the world

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 of death

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 that whoever

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 may believe in him

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 may not perish,

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 may not face death,

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 but what?

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 Have eternal life.

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 There is more

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 at stake here

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 than just simply

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 talking to talk

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 and walking the walk,

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 isn't there?

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 The existence

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 and experience

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 of Christian love

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 isn't simply

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 a matter of

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 Christian integrity.

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 It's a matter

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 of life

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 and death.

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 Verse 14 again,

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 we know that we

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 have passed

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 from death

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 to life

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 because we

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 love each other.

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 Anyone who

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 does not love

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 remains in death.

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 Anyone who hates

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 a brother or sister

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 is a murderer

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 and you know

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 that no murderer

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 has eternal life

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 residing in him.

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 Christian love

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 proves you have

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 been made alive again,

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 that you have

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 crossed over

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 from death

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 to life.

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 It's the result

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 and overflowing

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 of faith

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 in Christ.

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 Hate isn't.

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 Hate is a

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 dangerous emotion

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 for a Christian

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 to have,

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 especially

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 for his own

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 brother or sister.

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 It's contradictory

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 to the gospel,

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 to the work of God

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 that has happened

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 in us.

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 It belongs

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 in the realm

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 of sin and death

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 in the world

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 as exemplified

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 by Cain himself.

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 If you have hate

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 in your heart,

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 you may need

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 to reflect

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 upon whether

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 you are following

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 in the pattern

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 of Cain

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 or even in the

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 pattern of Christ.

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 perhaps you need

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 to reflect

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 and pray

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 and discuss

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 with the person

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 who is the object

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 of your hate

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 or your resentment

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 and seek

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 reconciliation

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 and forgiveness.

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 It's not something

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 we should be afraid

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 of doing though.

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 For the ministry

00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.700
 of reconciliation

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 is one that's

00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:18.379
 fueled by love

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 and ushering

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 in life.

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 Indeed,

00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.740
 reconciliation

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.779
 of relationships

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 is where we begin

00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:25.320
 to see the impact

00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:26.039
 of the gospel

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 in our life,

00:13:28.019 --> 00:13:29.080
 where we see life

00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:30.120
 beginning to come in

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 and bring us

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 back together.

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 For hate

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 leads to death,

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 but love

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 showing in reconciliation

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 and forgiveness

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 leads to life.

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 The existence

00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:44.080
 of love

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 and experience

00:13:45.180 --> 00:13:46.240
 is the evidence

00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:47.399
 of new life

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 in Christ

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 because love

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 in its foundational

00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:52.040
 working

00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:54.180
 has a propensity

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 and inclination

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 towards life.

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 Love is all

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 about ushering

00:14:00.379 --> 00:14:00.600
 in,

00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.180
 sustaining

00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:02.739
 and allowing

00:14:02.739 --> 00:14:04.000
 life to flourish,

00:14:04.479 --> 00:14:05.159
 whereas hate

00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.099
 leads towards

00:14:07.099 --> 00:14:08.319
 taking life away.

00:14:09.479 --> 00:14:10.019
 And this leads

00:14:10.019 --> 00:14:10.919
 to my second point.

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 Seeing that existence

00:14:12.839 --> 00:14:14.159
 and experience

00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:15.359
 of love

00:14:15.359 --> 00:14:16.199
 is new life.

00:14:16.939 --> 00:14:17.620
 The essence

00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.219
 of love

00:14:18.219 --> 00:14:18.639
 is seen

00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:19.639
 in sacrificial

00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:21.039
 life-giving

00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:21.959
 actions

00:14:21.959 --> 00:14:22.979
 that transcend

00:14:22.979 --> 00:14:24.259
 worldly comprehension.

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 That should be

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 on the screen.

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 It's a big,

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 big sentence.

00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:31.320
 Just to recap,

00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.039
 the basic point

00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:32.680
 I wanted to make

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 was love

00:14:33.460 --> 00:14:34.879
 is for life.

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 Just as a hat

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.340
 is for the head,

00:14:38.940 --> 00:14:39.539
 a chair

00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:40.519
 is for sitting,

00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:41.800
 Jimmy

00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:43.360
 is for Katie

00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:45.500
 and McDonald's,

00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:48.180
 love

00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:50.120
 is for life.

00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:51.860
 Love's proper

00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:52.460
 goal

00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:53.680
 and purpose

00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:54.899
 is to enable

00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.800
 and usher in

00:14:55.800 --> 00:14:56.920
 life.

00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:59.059
 Now I want

00:14:59.059 --> 00:14:59.519
 to articulate

00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.139
 the essence

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.939
 of this love

00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:02.399
 that is to show

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.599
 what it looks like

00:15:03.599 --> 00:15:04.459
 in the real world.

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 And as I've said,

00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:07.139
 I think its essence

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.139
 is sacrificial

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.360
 life-giving action

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:10.879
 which ultimately

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.819
 transcends

00:15:11.819 --> 00:15:12.919
 worldly comprehension.

00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.839
 Verse 16,

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.159
 this is how we know

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.899
 what love is.

00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:17.240
 Jesus Christ

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:17.899
 laid down

00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:18.899
 his life for us

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:19.719
 and we ought to

00:15:19.719 --> 00:15:20.860
 lay down our lives

00:15:20.860 --> 00:15:21.439
 for our brothers

00:15:21.439 --> 00:15:22.199
 and sisters.

00:15:23.179 --> 00:15:24.319
 John 7 verse 11,

00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.680
 what is fundamental

00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:27.000
 to the gospel,

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.920
 namely love.

00:15:28.520 --> 00:15:29.900
 And here in verse 16

00:15:29.900 --> 00:15:30.720
 he now says

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:32.000
 how we know

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.800
 what love is.

00:15:33.660 --> 00:15:34.500
 Jesus Christ

00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.760
 laid down

00:15:35.760 --> 00:15:36.360
 his life

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.160
 for us.

00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.660
 Just take that in.

00:15:39.780 --> 00:15:40.700
 That is love.

00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:45.340
 The example

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.440
 set before us

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:47.820
 is Jesus Christ

00:15:47.820 --> 00:15:48.720
 himself

00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.860
 who loved us

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:52.420
 by giving up

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:53.439
 his own life.

00:15:53.939 --> 00:15:55.240
 Jesus' sacrifice

00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:56.159
 ushered in

00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:57.419
 new life for us.

00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:59.059
 He was driven

00:15:59.059 --> 00:15:59.860
 by love

00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:02.079
 and he gave up

00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:02.919
 his own life

00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:03.740
 that we might

00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.959
 pass from death

00:16:04.959 --> 00:16:05.959
 to life ourselves

00:16:05.959 --> 00:16:07.159
 and enjoy

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:08.120
 eternal life

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.079
 with him.

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:12.039
 His sacrifice

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:14.319
 was a life-giving

00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:15.339
 action.

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.659
 This is what life is.

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.959
 And according to John,

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:20.259
 this is love,

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.179
 the love that we

00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:22.639
 ourselves should walk

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.959
 in and we ought

00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:24.399
 to lay down

00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:24.879
 our lives

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.439
 for our brothers

00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:26.539
 and sisters.

00:16:28.439 --> 00:16:29.159
 Have a look

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:29.799
 at each other

00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:30.559
 in this room.

00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:32.419
 Would you be willing

00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.159
 to die

00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.299
 for the person

00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:35.139
 sitting next to you

00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.959
 or behind you?

00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:39.239
 And some of you

00:16:39.239 --> 00:16:39.879
 might be thinking,

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:42.339
 define

00:16:42.339 --> 00:16:43.559
 what it is

00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:44.019
 to lay down

00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.479
 your life.

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.699
 Tell me

00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.319
 what it is.

00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:50.640
 Sounds familiar,

00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.220
 doesn't it?

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.260
 That question.

00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:54.460
 Such a call,

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.180
 such a question

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.980
 makes us

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.220
 want to ask

00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:57.700
 that question

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.760
 like the expert

00:16:58.760 --> 00:16:59.260
 in the law

00:16:59.260 --> 00:16:59.940
 in Luke 10

00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:01.140
 who asked Jesus,

00:17:01.300 --> 00:17:02.060
 who is my neighbour?

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.820
 But let us not

00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:05.320
 cheapen love.

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.880
 Let us not

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.840
 lower the bar.

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.480
 Sacrificial,

00:17:09.080 --> 00:17:10.140
 life-giving action

00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:11.240
 is the bar

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.460
 that Christian love

00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.200
 sets.

00:17:13.600 --> 00:17:14.420
 It's the pattern

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.840
 we are to follow in.

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:16.560
 This

00:17:16.560 --> 00:17:17.600
 gives

00:17:17.600 --> 00:17:18.680
 or ought to

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.640
 give more weight

00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.680
 to our words

00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.380
 when we say

00:17:21.380 --> 00:17:22.300
 I love you.

00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.800
 When we say

00:17:22.800 --> 00:17:23.440
 I love you,

00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.920
 what we're saying

00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.740
 is I am willing

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.500
 to sacrifice

00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.900
 my life for you

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:28.340
 that you might

00:17:28.340 --> 00:17:29.019
 have life

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:31.360
 to give up

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.200
 the most precious

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:32.860
 possession

00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:34.000
 that we have,

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.279
 life,

00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.039
 so that others

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.960
 might keep it

00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:38.779
 and enjoy it

00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:39.860
 and flourish in it.

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.800
 It implies

00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:43.620
 so much more

00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:44.279
 than just simple

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.000
 talk from the

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.979
 front here in church

00:17:45.979 --> 00:17:47.079
 that we might

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.779
 often hear

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:49.079
 how much we

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.859
 just love you

00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.179
 and we want

00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:50.639
 to be part

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:51.099
 of everything

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:52.319
 and God

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:53.119
 loves you so much

00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:53.599
 once you feel

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:54.159
 so warm and

00:17:54.159 --> 00:17:54.279
 dizzy.

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 No,

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 it's so much

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 more than that.

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 It's a love

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 that's willing

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.959
 to get down

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 the dirt

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.959
 sacrificially

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 to the point

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 of which you're

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 willing to give

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 up your own

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 life.

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 We are so

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 transformed

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 by the gospel

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 that it gives

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 us new life

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 that we love

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 in such a way

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 that we're

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 willing to

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 give it up

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 again

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 for the sake

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 of preserving

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 another's life

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 in order that

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 they might

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 experience the

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 kingdom of God

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 which is life

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 that is invaded

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 into our present

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 age through

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 Jesus Christ.

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 it shows

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 our world

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 who cannot

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 comprehend

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 such love

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 that we are

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 under the

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 reign and

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 the rule

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 of someone

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 far greater

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 than the world

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 for whilst

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 they might

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 fear death

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 existing in

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 the world

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 that has

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 propensity

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 towards it

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 we are those

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 who do not

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 fear death

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 willing to

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 embrace it

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 because we

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 belong to

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 the kingdom

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 of heaven

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 which is

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 eternal life

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 and we're

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 willing to

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 lay down

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 our lives

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 that others

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 might see

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 that and

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 know that

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 that we've

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 come under

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 the lordship

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 of Jesus

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 who is

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 eternal

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 life

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 we lay

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 it down

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 knowing

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 full well

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 that we'll

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 be brought

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 back up

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 again

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 when God's

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 kingdom

00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.319
 of eternal

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 life is

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 established

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 in its

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 fullness

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 forever

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 that's the

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 call

00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.740
 it's a

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 big call

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 that's the

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 love we

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 should have

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 for each

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 other

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 and whilst

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 not all

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 of us

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 here will

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 have the

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 opportunity

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 to give

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 up our

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 life for

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 each other

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 we're

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 nonetheless

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 called to

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 love with

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 such an

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 attitude

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 to love

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 wanting to

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 love in a

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 way that's

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 sacrificially

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 giving

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 but also

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 gives life

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 as well

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 verse 17

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 if anyone

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 has material

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 possessions

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 and sees a

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 brother or

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 sister in

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 need but

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 has no

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 pity on

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 them how

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 can the

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.019
 love of

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 God be

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 in that

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 person

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 the

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 willingness

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 to lay

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 down one's

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 life is

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 the bar

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:57.920
 that Christian

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 love sets

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 but it's

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 also the

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 attitude

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 and the

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 character

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 of Christian

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 love in

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 general

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 when one

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 begins to

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 follow in the

00:20:05.520 --> 00:20:05.960
 pattern of

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 Christ a

00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.140
 transformation

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 takes place

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 they see

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 life and

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 love differently

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 instead of

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 seeing our

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 possessions as

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 ours to

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 indulge in

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 or our

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 times ours to

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 use to see

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 fit or our

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 money as ours to

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 spend on whatever

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 we want the

00:20:22.300 --> 00:20:23.120
 love of God in

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 Christ Jesus

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.880
 changes that for

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 us it changed

00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.660
 the disposition

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 in us to

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 see life as

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 all about

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 sacrificial

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 life giving

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 material possessions

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 that aren't as

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 something for us

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:37.059
 to indulge in

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 but something for

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 us to give up

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 that others might

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.480
 have and enjoy

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 life

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 and so when

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 John says

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 if anyone has

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 material possessions

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 and says a

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:49.920
 brother or sister

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.440
 are in need

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 but has no

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 pity on them

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 he's saying that

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 that's a

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.639
 contradiction

00:20:54.639 --> 00:20:55.759
 that exists

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 between what you

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 confess and

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.579
 how you act

00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:00.819
 you talk the

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 talk but do

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.579
 you walk the

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:02.959
 walk

00:21:02.959 --> 00:21:06.059
 you do as the

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.559
 priest and the

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 Levite do in

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 Luke 10

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 and walk on

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 by

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 those two

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.299
 people who

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 exemplify what

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 it is to know

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.879
 God apparently

00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:16.939
 who are supposed

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.699
 to look after

00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:18.339
 God's people

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 who are supposed

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.480
 to show compassion

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.939
 and mercy

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:20.699
 these people who

00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.899
 we expected to

00:21:21.899 --> 00:21:22.639
 help they walk

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:23.059
 on by

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:26.339
 is that us

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:31.259
 he concludes

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.919
 about such

00:21:31.919 --> 00:21:32.579
 people how

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.379
 can the love

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.379
 of God be

00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:34.899
 in them

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:38.500
 when we don't

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.240
 have pity

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.500
 on those who

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.819
 are in need

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.500
 around us

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.599
 we show a

00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.240
 complete

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.599
 disregard

00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:46.559
 for life

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:49.319
 and instead

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:50.200
 we serve them

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.779
 up death

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:52.200
 by our

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.940
 ignorance

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:54.160
 by ignoring

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.519
 them

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:57.460
 this is no

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.779
 doubt

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.299
 challenging

00:21:58.299 --> 00:22:00.039
 I feel

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.900
 the weight

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.440
 of what I'm

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.940
 saying right

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.519
 now

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:04.820
 and it's

00:22:04.820 --> 00:22:05.500
 not easy

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.000
 to do

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.420
 this

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.100
 there are

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.240
 many

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.779
 difficulties

00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.240
 today

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.500
 when it

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:08.840
 comes to

00:22:08.840 --> 00:22:09.299
 helping the

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:09.700
 poor and

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.180
 the sick

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.960
 the vulnerable

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.299
 the need

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.940
 the homeless

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.880
 it's not

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.360
 black and

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.660
 white

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:16.220
 but where we

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.880
 have the means

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.420
 to help

00:22:17.420 --> 00:22:18.400
 we must

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.559
 because as

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.019
 Christians

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.960
 we have been

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.740
 given new

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.240
 life

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:23.759
 and the

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.359
 pattern of

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.819
 love to

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.400
 follow in

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.059
 which means

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.460
 we have

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.099
 such a

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.339
 great

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.900
 privilege

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.700
 to love

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.240
 people

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.680
 through

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.579
 sacrificial

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:31.339
 life giving

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.960
 actions

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.160
 and by giving

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.160
 life and

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.779
 healing to

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.319
 those under

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.960
 the reign of

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.279
 death

00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:37.359
 we bring

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.859
 them into

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.759
 the experience

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.279
 of God's

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.819
 kingdom

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:42.380
 which is

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.380
 eternal life

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:45.759
 don't we

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.680
 want this

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.680
 for those

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.480
 who don't

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.940
 know Jesus

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.519
 don't we

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:50.019
 want to

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.440
 bring them

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.700
 out of

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.160
 the kingdom

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.120
 of darkness

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.740
 or the

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:52.980
 kingdom

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.759
 of death

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.519
 so that

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.940
 they can

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.580
 enjoy

00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:57.460
 knowing God

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:57.860
 and being

00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.360
 in relationship

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.440
 with him

00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:00.460
 and also

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.240
 enjoy the

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.740
 benefits

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.720
 of being

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.160
 in his

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.559
 kingdom

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.640
 where his

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.500
 people love

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:05.900
 in a

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.539
 sacrificial

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.019
 way

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:08.400
 when they're

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.799
 hungry

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.880
 his people

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.559
 feed them

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:11.600
 when they're

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.019
 naked

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.100
 his people

00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.320
 clothe them

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:15.220
 when they're

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:15.779
 in financial

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.299
 trouble

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.779
 God's

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.259
 people get

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.879
 money together

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.539
 and support

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:18.879
 them

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.740
 all these

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.539
 things are

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.700
 experiences of

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 new life

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 kingdom life

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 which God

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 has ushered

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 in beginning

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 with Jesus

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 and we see

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 the awful

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 effect of sin

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 and death on

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 people around

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 us in our

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 world

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 are we not

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 moved

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 like the

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 Samaritan who

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 saw the man

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 lying half

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 dead and

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 robbed

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 do we not

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 take pity

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 throughout all

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 of Jesus'

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.980
 ministry

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.099
 in his life

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 he brought

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.879
 life

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:49.359
 to those

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 he encountered

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 we see that

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 Jesus healed

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 the sick

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.779
 he made

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 the blind

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 see

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 he rose

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 the literal

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 dead from

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 the grave

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 the lame

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 walk

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 his love

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 in action

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 brought life

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 showing that

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 his kingdom

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 was coming

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 in and

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 breaking into

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 the world

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 of sin

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 and death

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 which is

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 being pushed

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 out by the

00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:13.699
 kingdom of

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 God

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 which is

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.539
 eternal life

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.279
 Jesus

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 ultimately

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 loved us

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.299
 sacrificially

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 by giving up

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 his own

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.579
 life

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 that we

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 might be

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 able to

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 partake in

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 this kingdom

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:23.259
 kingdom of

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 life

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 and invite

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.619
 others

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 to do so

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 and to

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 experience the

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.359
 same thing

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 as we

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.799
 encounter the

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.240
 poor and

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.779
 help them

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.319
 as we

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:31.000
 feed those

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.240
 who are

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.539
 hungry

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.899
 as we

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 take in

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.700
 those who

00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:33.500
 are outcasted

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.599
 and marginalised

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.619
 we give them

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.559
 an experience

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.420
 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 it's not

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.079
 going to be

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.660
 perfect of

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 course

00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.220
 we're still

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.880
 looking forward

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.180
 to that

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 perfect day

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 when things

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 will be

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 made right

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.339
 and new

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 but as we

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 take these

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.259
 people in

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 as we

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 show the

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.420
 love of

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 God to

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 them

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 by feeding

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 them

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 not just

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 by talking

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 to them

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 by giving

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.819
 them clothes

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 and money

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 by helping

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.079
 them

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:55.920
 restoring

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.619
 their life

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:58.000
 we give

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.299
 them a

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.740
 glimpse

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.559
 a shadow

00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.940
 of what

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 is to

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.559
 come for

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.720
 them

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.380
 in Jesus

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.900
 when he

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.480
 returns

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:08.220
 as we

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.640
 encounter

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:08.900
 these

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.299
 people

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.640
 we have

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:10.920
 a

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.539
 wonderful

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.059
 privilege

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.940
 to give

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.539
 them life

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 as we

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.180
 love them

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.740
 by meeting

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.380
 their needs

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.039
 as we

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.779
 take pity

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.900
 and use

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.519
 what God

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.000
 has given

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.579
 us

00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:23.140
 to help

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:23.500
 meet their

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.900
 needs

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:27.860
 but it

00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.279
 starts

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.599
 with our

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.019
 attitude

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.799
 of love

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 our desire

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.860
 to love

00:25:33.860 --> 00:25:35.059
 sacrificially

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.500
 performing

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.100
 life

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.420
 giving

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.880
 actions

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 to a

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.500
 world

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.680
 who

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.000
 needs

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.279
 it

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 so

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.000
 will we

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.440
 walk

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.360
 in the

00:25:43.360 --> 00:25:43.720
 way of

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.160
 love

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 not

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.259
 just

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.600
 talk

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:46.840
 about

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 it

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:49.680
 let me

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.079
 leave you

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.620
 with John's

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.000
 words

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:52.539
 in verse

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 18

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 dear

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 children

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 let us

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.360
 not love

00:25:59.360 --> 00:25:59.860
 with words

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 or speech

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 but with

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.319
 actions

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.799
 and truth

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:03.819
 and truth

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:06.139
 men

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 as